preventive maintenance management database Asset Management--Is Preventive Maintenance Anti-Lean? Introduction Lean manufacturing has been widely accepted as an approach to business improvement. The business benefits of lean have been extensively documented. Asset management should play a role in lean. Lean manufacturing's focus is eliminating waste, for example: Inventory—Inventory must always be minimized. Defect correction—Resources spent on defect correction are waste. Unnecessary processing—All unnecessary activities, particularly
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preventive maintenance management database quality and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) management, and training record management are a few of the key new features or modules in Empower PLM. This new functionality has extended the capabilities of the system beyond traditional PLM to give users direct access to important product data that is often managed in separate systems. Empower PLM thus provides a mechanism to capture design, manufacturing, quality, service, and customer information and tie it back to the product record all within a
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preventive maintenance management database a scheduled or unscheduled preventive maintenance or repair. Assuming the CMMS database is accurate and current, the CMMS generated work order should reduce the amount of data entry needed to capture information. Using the theory of negative confirmation, similar in principle to a picklist confirmation, only the exceptions to the work order need be entered. This would include additional parts consumed but not scheduled; parts scheduled but not consumed; and hours worked in addition to or less than
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preventive maintenance management database and event-based maintenance scheduling. Preventive maintenance is usually suggested by the manufacturer but can be incorporated with event-based scheduling. Events are created by attaching a trigger to a standard preventive maintenance activity. Types of triggers include periodic time interval, every 3 months; interval units made, hours, and cycles; and range temperature, pressure, and flow rates. Typically, these recordings are taken from external devices. The projected maintenance due date is
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